He forgot who cared, who loved him and who sacrificed for him.

 

Luk 15:11  And he said, A certain man had two sons: 

Luk 15:12  And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 

Luk 15:13  And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 

This young man got tired of the good life. Got tired of living under His father’s “rules”, His Father’s Law, His Father’s restrictions. (How many times have we seen that, done that?) He had forgotten all that was afforded to him and rather focused on the no’s.

He got tired of the burdensome life he is being forced to live, the poor dear. He says dad, give me mine inheritance (which he will only ever receive because of dad and His Sacrifice) that I might go and live a better life. Basically, this kid is saying dad I am smarter than you and if you will give me My money I will have a much better life.

Yet what happens when he goes out to the other life? He runs through the money, is left in a ruinous state for he left the place that cared for him, sacrificed for Him, provided for him. Why? Because he was tired of the good life! 

Do you understand that?

This kid was tired of the rules, tired of being held back by his father, yet the Father was the only thing, the only one in his life that cared about him.

All too often we Christians leave the God that sacrificed for us, called us out of sin and gave us Life.

We know better than He what is best for us (or so we think).

Until we get back to a right relationship with Him, calling sin sin, calling right right and wrong wrong we will be at odds with the Father.

It is time to get back to His house, His rules, His Way.

The prodigal son left his Father where he was a son and an heir, and he went out and became a servant to the world. 

How sad and yet we too keep doing that very same thing.